Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Patrick White
Publication Date: February 6, 2025 - 05:00
Robotic dogs, drones and microsatellites could be the future of fighting wildfires
February 6, 2025
Rather than manned fire towers, strings of low-orbit microsatellites will scour every inch of the Earth’s surface for signs of fire.Instead of aerial water bombers, swarms of heavy-lift drones will douse flames with chemical retardants.And in place of human smokejumpers carrying pickaxes, robotic dogs will pack cannons capable of snuffing infernos with high-intensity infrasound waves.
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Former Calgary city councillor and 2021 mayoral candidate Jeromy Farkas has announced he will once again run to be the city's next mayor in the 2025 municipal election.
February 26, 2025 - 08:17 | Adam MacVicar | Global News - Canada
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February 26, 2025 - 08:00 | Evan Annett | The Globe and Mail
Ahead of the recent Super Bowl weekend, eight-year-old Clifford Lester grew excited about making one of the game’s most popular snacks: popcorn. Except in this case, Clifford made those kernels pop using only the power of his brain.Clifford, who is better known as “Cliffy,” is non-verbal and requires assistance with most aspects of his life. Earlier this month, surrounded by his mom and staff at the John McGivney Children’s Centre School Authority in Windsor, Ont., Cliffy used a special technology that translates brain activity into commands. The software ties an action to an active...
February 26, 2025 - 08:00 | Alanna Smith | The Globe and Mail
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